decision making process of when to draw

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Advice from members of this site has led me to the realization that “civilian daily carry” equipment is mostly a personal choice/preference. The only constant is the adage “the first requirement of a gun fight is to have a gun”. Equipment is not my concern, mindset and decision making is what I need help with and hope to discuss here.

My first questions revolve around the decision making process of when to draw.

I am not going to delude myself that I am going to be in an “old west” style throw down where fractions of a seconds count. I have the assumption that reasonable situational awareness will allow time to get to a gun even in a harder to reach holster? Is this a wrong assumption?

I am not fighting terrorist scum, I am not undercover and I am not a law man. As a civilian if I pull a gun in public I am starting a chain of events that is going to result in possible negative contact with local law enforcement, even if I do not discharge a gun. If this logic is sound then it is imperative that my go/no-go draw decision making is sound. Is there anything I can do to refine that decision making process?